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State leaders look to reform foster care system
Sen. Peggy Lehner is sponsoring legislation to improve Ohio’s foster care system, based on recommendations released Monday from the state attorney general’s office. The Kettering Republican said she’s heard from several foster parents who thought a child was returned prematurely to the birth parents and the changes she’s proposing are ...
Businesses, critics react to Kasich plan to cut income taxes
Of the major reforms Gov. John Kasich proposed in February for his two-year budget, an income tax cut seems the most likely to gain the approval of state lawmakers.Kasich’s budget plan calls for a new education funding formula, expanding Medicaid and generating a $1.4 billion tax cut over two years ...
Ohio banks see little benefit from state program
The Ohio treasurer’s office has been pitching its new investment program to school districts and municipalities as a way to pump money into Ohio banks and keep public tax dollars in the state. But less than 2 percent of the more than $914 million invested in STAR Plus is stored ...
Ohio to issue temporary licenses to young undocumented immigrants
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles officials announced Friday that all state offices would issue temporary driver’s licenses to young undocumented immigrants accepted into a new federal program.The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty for youth given permission to stay in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. ...
Plan could add $70M for child services
A coalition of county public children services agencies charged with child protection are pushing lawmakers to set aside $70 million in the next two-year budget to help counties serve neglected and abused children.Ohio’s child welfare system is heavily dependent on local funding sources, with state funds accounting for about 10 ...
Bill passes making it tougher to get issues on ballot
Getting an issue on a statewide ballot in Ohio could be more difficult through a bill on its way to Gov. John Kasich’s desk. Senate Bill 47 makes several changes to election law, but only the provision changing the procedure around citizen-driven ballot initiatives has caused debate. Senate Bill 47 ...
Bill to limit referendum process passes House panel
An elections reform bill met opposition Tuesday over a provision that could slow down ballot initiative campaigns before receiving approval from a panel of state lawmakers. Members of the League of Women Voters, former Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and others told lawmakers on the House Policy and Oversight ...
Kasich's plan gives more money to schools
Gov. John Kasich’s school funding plan tackles growing disparity between poor and wealthy school districts and allows Ohio students living in poverty to attend private schools with state dollars, while boosting overall state funding for public schools. Kasich rolled out his school funding formula and other education policies Thursday to ...
Kasich to unveil plan to fund Ohio schools today
Gov. John Kasich will unveil his plan for funding Ohio’s public schools today, just days before he releases a state budget plan for the next two years. It is expected, based on his previous statements, that Kasich’s school proposals won’t provide a rush of state money to districts, but will ...
Lawmakers hold off on cafe bill
State lawmakers decided not to take a gamble on strict regulations to Internet sweepstakes cafe parlors this year. Senate President Tom Niehaus, a Republican from New Richmond, said Senators had too many questions about House Bill 605, which would have effectively banned sweepstakes cafes in Ohio, to take a vote. ...
Legislators clash over abortion during lame-duck session
In the final weeks of two-year legislative session, Ohio lawmakers are sparring over several bills related to abortion and women’s health, leading to charges from Democrats that their Republican colleagues are engaging in a “war on women.” On Wednesday, a Republican-dominated House panel endorsed a bill that would effectively stave ...
Husted predicts smooth election
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted expects the presidential election won’t be too close to call by the morning after Election Day, but said Friday some races won’t be decided until late November. State law prohibits local boards of election from counting provisional and late-arriving absentee ballots until 10 days ...
Brown, Mandel battle in second debate
The most expensive Senate race in Ohio history is on track to be its nastiest evidenced by the onslaught of negative ads and heated debates between incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel. Money from outside groups has fueled the battle since December 2011: More than ...
Polls will be open on final weekend
COLUMBUS — Ohio voters will be able to vote during the final three days before the Nov. 6 election, since the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s appeal. The highest court in the land filed a one-sentence order denying Husted’s request to intervene. Soon ...
Southwest Ohio has changing role in election
Southwest Ohio has long been painted politically red thanks to its mix of suburban metropolitan areas in Dayton and Cincinnati, rock-ribbed Republicans in the rural areas outside both cities and and a traditionally conservative Cincinnati. But the region is changing. Montgomery County, which gave Sen. John Kerry a slight 4,600-vote ...
McLin, Doll approved for elections board
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on Tuesday approved the appointment of former Dayton mayor Rhine McLin and current Centerville school board member John Doll as Democratic members of the Montgomery County Board of Elections. McLin and Doll were nominated Monday night by the county Democratic Party to complete the ...
Husted fires Mont. Co. election board members
Secretary of State Jon Husted fired the two Democrats on the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Tuesday for rejecting his statewide early voting schedule, raising the stakes in a white-knuckle standoff between Republicans and Democrats over voting hours. Husted, a Republican, dismissed Thomas Ritchie, Sr., and Dennis Lieberman in ...
College education costs becoming political issue
Young Americans suffer a worse than average unemployment rate and surmounting college loan debt, putting them at the center of the presidential debate over the economy and debt crisis. President Barack Obama made education the main focus of a speech near Columbus on Tuesday at Capital University and Republican presidential ...
GOP VP pick Paul Ryan returns to Miami University
Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan made his first Ohio campaign visit on Wednesday at Miami University — where he graduated in 1992 — and said he and Mitt Romney were committed to their plan to balance the federal budget and strengthen the middle class. Ryan’s ties to Ohio quickly emerged ...
Ohio’s school leader 'wrong,' according to investigation
COLUMBUS — Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Stan Heffner may have violated state ethics laws, according to an investigation by the state inspector general. An investigation by the state watchdog found Heffner, as interim superintendent, had a conflict of interest last year when he pushed House Bill 153. House Bill ...
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